Drying form for hosiery



1 7. 4 92 D. RABINOVITCH DRYING FORM FOR HOSIERY Filed March 192s l///////4/////// III Patented Jan. 11, 1927.

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DRYING: FORM FOR HOSIEBY.

Application filed March 1. 1925. Serial No. 15,631.

The object of this invention is to provide a novel drying form forhosiery having certain novel and advantageous features of constructionas hereinafter fully described.

In the attached drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a form made in accordance with myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22, Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, the form may comprise a flat metal or otherbody 1 so shaped as to conform to the outline of the human leg. Thisform has, extending longitudinally thereof adjacent the rear edge, aseries of narrow slots 2, the portions of the form intermediate the endsof adjacent slots being grooved on both sides in alignment with theslots, as shown at 3 in Fig. 3. At the bottom twin grooves a, onopposite sides of the form, extend from the rear edge of the form at apoint near the ankle inwardly on a curved line to the bottom of thelowermost slot 2.

In addition to the slots 2, the form is perforated by holes 5, thenumber of which is as great as consistent with strength in the form. Theform also comprises at or about the ankle portion a slot 6 whosefunction will be described hereinafter, as also will be the function ofa second slot 7 extending longitudinally of the foot near the tip of thetoe.

In using this form, a stocking is pulled thereover in the usual manner.The slots 6 and 7 provide for a proper centering of the foot of thestocking, in that the junctures of the toe and foot reinforcements andthe foot and heel reinforcements may be located by the operator in theslots 7 and 6 respectively. The operator then adjusts the seam at theback of the stocking so that it lies Within the grooves 3 and 4E and theslots 2 on either side of the form, the stockings of any single pairbeing so boarded that the respective seams lie on opposite sides of theform.

Considerable advantage is obtained in forming the guide channel for theseam at the back of the frame in the form of a slot 5 extendingcompletely through the latter. Not only is such a guide effective onboth sides of the form for boarding right and left stockingsindiscriminately, but also it facilitates adjustment of the seam, and itis possible to see the seam at one side of the frame from the oppositeside, thereby preeluding error in the adjustment. The slots, togetherwith perforations 5, have an additional advantage, in that theymaterially assist the drying operations by providing circulation of theheating air through the stocking as well as over its surface.

The embodiment herein described is obviously capable of modificationwithout departing from the essential features of the invention, as forexample forming one continuous seam slot instead of the series ofsmaller slots shown.

I claim: 76*

1. A stocking drying form comprising a flat body taking substantiallythe outline of the human leg, and a slot extending longitudinally at theback of the form adjacent the rear edge and completely through said 7form body.

2. A stocking drying form comprising a flat body taking substantiallythe outline of the human leg, said body having a slotted openingextending down the back adjacent 80 the rear edge and terminating at apoint near the ankle, with a groove in the body consti tuting acontinuation of the slot and extending from the lower end of the latterto the rear edge of the form.

DAVID RABINOVITCH.

